Far from my childhood’s scenes, with weary steps I roam;
Laden with weight of care, a thousand miles from home;
Old them return to me,
Days of pleasure nights of glee;
While I’m beyond the sea a thousand miles from home.Refrain:
A thousand miles from home.
Oh! how the heart will droop, a thousand miles from home.

2.

Where are those early hopes, that made my footsteps stray;
Faded while summer bowers are blooming on my way;
Sweet song of birds I hear,
Childhood’s voices bright and clear;
All fail my soul to cheer a thousand miles from homeRefrain: